The
KLEC provides professional certification under
its Career Development Program, a voluntary program
that awards several specialty certificates allowing
law enforcement officers and telecommunications
personnel to structure their training process to
align with career objectives.

LEXINGTON,
Ky. (March 25, 2004) -- University
of Kentucky Police Chief Fred Otto III became
the first chief to receive a Law Enforcement
Chief Executive Officer Certificate from the
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council (KLEC), which
governs training for all of the state’s
law enforcement officers. This is a new certification
for those who hold the highest level position
in a law enforcement agency.

The
certification requires a minimum of 30 hours of
college credit, the completion of more than 100
hours of training in skills specific to a chief
executive officer, and at least two years experience
as a chief, sheriff or director.

“It
is an honor to receive the certificate from the
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council,” Otto said. “It
is even more gratifying to be the first police
chief to receive the Law Enforcement Chief Executive
Officer Certificate.”

Otto,
who became UK’s chief of police in 2003,
received a bachelor’s degree in police administration
and a master’s degree in criminal justice
from Eastern Kentucky University. He has completed
a variety of other law enforcement training programs,
including the FBI National Academy.

During
his career Otto has served as chief of police at
the University of Missouri and for the city of
Highland Heights in Northern Kentucky. He also
served as a Kentucky state trooper, director of
public safety at Northern Kentucky University,
and assistant director of public safety at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio.

The
KLEC provides professional certification under
its Career Development Program, a voluntary program
that awards several specialty certificates allowing
law enforcement officers and telecommunications
personnel to structure their training process to
align with career objectives.

“We
reviewed over 90 applications from all over the
United States in our search for a new University
of Kentucky Police chief, and Fred’s experience,
education, enthusiasm and dedication stood out
among all of those applicants,” said Ken
Clevidence, associate vice president for UK Campus
Services. “This latest accomplishment gives
credence to the decision we made in selecting him
as our chief. He has already moved the department
to new levels of professionalism in his relatively
short tenure at UK.”